Low: libosinfo

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in libosinfo, version 1.5.0, where the script for automated guest installations, ‘osinfo-install-script’, accepts user and admin passwords via command line arguments. This could allow guest passwords to leak to other system users via a process listing. (CVE-2019-13313)

Affected Packages:

libosinfo

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update libosinfo to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    libosinfo-1.1.0-5.amzn2.aarch64  
    libosinfo-devel-1.1.0-5.amzn2.aarch64  
    libosinfo-vala-1.1.0-5.amzn2.aarch64  
    libosinfo-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.amzn2.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    libosinfo-1.1.0-5.amzn2.i686  
    libosinfo-devel-1.1.0-5.amzn2.i686  
    libosinfo-vala-1.1.0-5.amzn2.i686  
    libosinfo-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.amzn2.i686  
  
src:  
    libosinfo-1.1.0-5.amzn2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    libosinfo-1.1.0-5.amzn2.x86_64  
    libosinfo-devel-1.1.0-5.amzn2.x86_64  
    libosinfo-vala-1.1.0-5.amzn2.x86_64  
    libosinfo-debuginfo-1.1.0-5.amzn2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-13313

Mitre: CVE-2019-13313